Cow-tail holder.



PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

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' Witnesses NATHAW A. ANGEL, OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

COW-TAlL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed December 20, 1906! Serial No. 348.802.

To (all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN A. ANGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Coldwater, county of Branch, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cow-Tail Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tail-holders.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved tail-holder which very effectively grasps and supports the tail of a cow, so that the milker is protected from being switched thereby.

Further objects and objects relating to structural details will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. v

The invention is clearly defined, and pointed out in the claims.

A structure embodying the features of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a structure embodying the features of my invention, the same being shown grasping a tail. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the jaws, portions being broken away to show structural details. Fig. 3 is an edge view. Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken on a line corresponding to line i d of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the little arrows at the end of the section-line.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the sup portingwire 1 is arranged to the rear of the cow, the same being preferably stretched from end to end of the stable, so that the tail-clamp can be slipped thereon. The clamp consists of a pair of jaws 2, secured together by pivots.

The handles 3 are perforated to receive the suspending-wire 1. A spring 4 is arranged between the handles adapted to hold the jaws normally closed. The faces of the jaws are provided with transverse intermeshing corrugations or flutes 8, one of the jaws having a central longitudinal rib 5 and the other a longitudinal groove 9, adapted to receive the same. The jaws thus formed eflectively grasp the brush of the tail, as 7, so that it is securely retained thereby.

A further advantage of this clamp is that the brush of the tail is so grasped and held that there is no danger of pulling the hair therefrom. By slidably arranging the clamp upon the wire 1 it may be adjusted along thereon from one cow to another, and a further advantage is that it moves freely thereon, so that a cow'is not so much annoyed as would be the case if it were fixed.

I have illustrated and described my improved tail-holder in detail in the form preferred by me an account of the structural simplicity and convenience. I am, however, aware that it is capable of considerable variation in structural details without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tail-holder comprising a supportingwire and a clamp consisting of a pair of transversely-fluted jaws, one of which is provided with a longitudinal rib and the other with a groove adapted to receive the same, handles for said jaws perforated to receive said supporting-wire so that the same may be adjusted longitudinally thereon and a spring arranged between said handles.

2. A tail-holder comprising a pair of trans versely-fluted jaws, one of which is provided with a longitudinal rib and the other with a groove adapted to receive the same, handles for said jaws, and a spring arranged between said handles.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two Wit- 

